This night at Harvard changed me and my family’s life forever.
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This miracle happened while discussing Storytelling, Identity, and our Rep Podcast at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics.
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My Rep journey began with sharing my family’s story in an episode titled “Vanished.”
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It is my biggest honor to present to you our final chapter of the quest we call Rep, “Alive.”
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A story of how our stories lead to revolutions. 🟦
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Listen wherever you get your podcasts, transcripts available at: ays.media/rep
5 tips from our @AYS WRITING BOOTCAMP GUIDES!! Comment WRITING and I’ll send you a link to join our session this Sunday (4/12!!)
Today’s the LAST day to sign up, come learn/write with @rupikaur_@hala.n.alyan@iamjoelleon@zaron3@aymanndotcom and @megleder !!!!
scholarships are always available, At Your Service x
Introducing @AYS Writing Bootcamp (virtual)
How to tackle the First Draft with @hala.n.alyan and @iamjoelleon
Short Form, and restraint while writing with @rupikaur_
Excavating our deepest truths with @zaron3 and @noor
Reclaim your narrative: culture, faith, and identity with @aymanndotcom
The business of books and publishing with @megleder of @penguinlifebooks
Really excited to be in community with y’all
Registration in our bio
Comment WRITING and I’ll DM you our @AYS Writing Bootcamp link!! featuring:
How to tackle the First Draft with @hala.n.alyan and @iamjoelleon
Short Form, and restraint while writing with @rupikaur_
Excavating our deepest truths with @zaron3 and I
Reclaim your narrative: culture, faith, and identity with @aymanndotcom
The business of books and publishing with @megleder of @penguinlifebooks
**this will be the last AYS Club we host before I go on leave!!! Really excited to be in community with y’all before this next big CHAPTER.**
The late Phil Donahue on the deterioration of Talk Shows and US Culture (May 2001)
This interview with @televisionacademyfoundation is from May 2001 where Donahue looks back on his career in which he hosted over 6,700 episodes of the Phil Donahue Show.
He also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to February 2003 when he was fired. A leaked internal memo from MSNBC states:
“He represents a difficult public face for NBC in a time of war. He seems to delight in presenting guests who are antiwar, anti-Bush and skeptical of the administration’s motives.”
And that the Donahue Show was “a home for the liberal antiwar agenda at the same time that our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity.”
Donahue was one of the most influential talk show hosts and was often referred to as the “king of daytime talk”. Oprah Winfrey has said, “If it weren’t for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show.”
Every year we host an @AYS Iftar to celebrate and nourish the people who have been inspiring us most. When @Babylist asked to join us this year, the intention arrived instantly: Wild Woman to Wild Mother. A gathering of women who give life in all the ways that word can mean.
I love our witchy, wild community so, so much!!!
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ps. the first time I heard @iamrotana sing El Helwa Di, I cried and cried. Felt it in my bones. This is the song I sing to my belly the most.
video by @_isabelpadilla_ ♡
WRITING TIPS with @cosmogyny !!! Comment WRITING and I’ll DM a link to sign up for Noor + Sophie’s @AYS WRITING CLUB!! Tomorrow is the last day to register!!
4 Sundays in February. We just finished the syllabus and are SO EXCITED TO BE IN #WRITING COMMUNITY WITH YOU!!!! Tickets are sliding scale, and scholarships available. Always, At Your Service.
Calling all WRITERS!!!! 5 more days to register for @AYS WRITING CLUB guided by @cosmogyny and I !! 4 Sundays in February. Comment WRITING and I’ll DM you the link! ❄️❄️❄️❄️
What is the story in your family that feels like myth/lore? Have you ever considered investigating it? documenting it? Let’s do it together next month…@AYS WRITING CLUB: 4 Sundays in February co-led with author Sophie Strand (@cosmogyny ) we are going to be writing the stories that are already alive within us…comment WRITING and I’ll send you a link to join x
clip from a speech I gave at the @fajrglobal.en gala đź’›
AYS Writing Club - February 2026
Guided by @noor and @cosmogyny
Comment WRITING to receive a link
AYS Writing Club operates on a core belief: your stories are already alive in you. Over four Sundays, we gather to write what’s actually alive in us.
Drawing from Sophie Strand’s ecological and mythological approach to storytelling and Noor Tagouri’s work as a journalist, independent storyteller, and Self-Investigation practice, these gatherings weave together the personal and the collective, the embodied and the imagined.
Whether you’re writing memoir, fiction, poetry, or something that doesn’t have a name yet, this is an invitation for you.
~ Details ~
Dates: 4 Sundays in February (Feb 1, 8, 15, 22)
Time: 11AM-1PM EST (New York)
Format: Live virtual gathering on Zoom
Recordings: Available to registered participants
~ The Structure ~
Writing Club unfolds across four live sessions held each Sunday in February.
Each week includes:
Sessions with Noor Tagouri and Sophie Strand
Guided writing prompts
Spacious time to write
Reflection and optional sharing
Closing integration
Between Sessions: Our Discord community holds space for ongoing connection.
More info in our profile, or by commenting WRITING
#writingworkshop